Meaning of friaress | Babel Free

Definitions

A female friar.

Examples

“He put upon his friars and friaresses obligations which proclaimed openly and fearlessly a direct and radical social regeneration.”

“Similar letters to the bishop of Salamanca and bishops in Italy indicate the existence of a movement of wandering friaresses on an international scale.”

“There were friaresses in Europe, but the Church was very uncomfortable with them.”

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